Aromatic and basic residues within the EVH1 domain of VASP specify its interaction with proline-rich ligands

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 715-718

  Carl, Uwe D ^a   Pollmann, Marc ^a   Orr, Elisha ^b   Gertler, Frank B ^c   Chakraborty, Trinad ^d   Wehland, Juergen ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MENA; MURINAE;

EID: 0033166687     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80315-7     Document Type: Article

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